Friday, December 14, 2012

Saturday Sayings: 14 Years From Now

(In light of today's sorrowful situation, Saturday Sayings has come a little early. This quote is borrowed from a previous Saturday Sayings about teaching to the heart found here.)

It's just hard to focus my thoughts on academics when there's a school that's missing beautiful children much like the ones in my care and missing loving adults much like the ones I work with in a community much like the one I teach in. In the midst of this unthinkable tragedy, I'm reminded of how I live in a day and age when teaching to the head is not nearly enough. For one reason or another, too many young hearts are in need of an astounding amount of nurturing. These hearts will influence our future world one way or another. It's a difficult thing to digest that the young man responsible for this evil act could have been one of my first graders only fourteen years ago. It leaves me with this question. Who will the little people in my room grow up to be fourteen years from now?

(Thank you God for running our way when we even but whisper your name. I know You are in the midst of that community.)